Samuel Corrion

Samuel Corrion (27 February 1918-17 January 1987) was a US Army corporal who served in the US 101st Airborne Division during World War II.

Biography
Samuel Corrion was born in Augusta, Georgia on 27 February 1918, and he worked in a textile mill from the age of 16 until World War II broke out. With the United States joining the war in 1941, Corion enlisted in the US Army at his own free will, and he was one of the original volunteers of the US 101st Airborne Division. On 6 June 1944, he took part in the Mission Albany landings in Normandy, and, during the Battle of Haut Fournel, he was forced to hide from German troops in a cesspool. Corrion was passed over for promotion by Joseph Hartsock in late June, and he was angered when, during Operation Market Garden, Franklin Paddock was made acting squad leader after Hartsock was wounded. When the 3rd Squad attempted to reopen the Hell's Highway, Corrion was shot in the stomach by a stray bullet, and he later left the squad due to his distrust of Sergeant Matthew Baker.